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ClIfTON CITy DOCKS & hOTWEllS 1. IntroductIon 1.1 A Conservation Area is ‘an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance’ (Planning (listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act, 1990). 1.2 Since the designation of the first Conservation Areas in 1970, Bristol City Council has undertaken a comprehensive programme of Conservation Area designation, extension and policy development. There are now 33 Conservation Areas in Bristol, covering approximately 30% of the city. 1.3 The statutory framework places Bristol City Council under a duty of care to recognise the significance of its built environment and positively manage change within it. The City Council is continuing a comprehensive programme of producing a Character Appraisal for each Conservation Area. 1.4 The Conservation Area Character Appraisals follow recent national guidance set out in English heritage’s guidance on Conservation Area Appraisals (2006), which require detailed appraisals of each Conservation Area in the form of formally approved and published documents. 1.5 A Character Appraisal provides a point of reference for the planning authority, developers and communities in managing change appropriately. The consultation and adoption process values the specialist knowledge of local groups and is intended to ensure that features that communities value about a place, or feel are under threat, are properly considered. 1.6 Once adopted a Character Appraisal provides a tool for development management officers, developers, residents and others to recognise the special interest of the area in order that it can be preserved or enhanced. 2. PlannIng PolIcy context 2.1 Planning Policy Statement 5 (march 2010) sets out the government’s national policies relating to the historic environment. This document underpins the local planning policy framework and is the foundation upon which the local authority will assess schemes affecting the historic environment. 2.2 In exercising its planning functions in a Conservation Area, the local planning authority is under a duty to pay “special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance” of the area (s.72 Planning (listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990). Bristol’s Conservation Areas are the subject of policies in the Core Strategy (adopted by full Council on 21 June 2011). Policy BCS22 relates specifically to Conservation and the historic Environment. Policies B02 - B22, relating to the Built Environment have been saved from the 1997 adopted Bristol local Plan. 2.3 Where sections within the Character Appraisal relate to policies from Core Strategy, or saved from the Bristol local Plan, extracts are highlighted within blue boxes at the end of that section. for full policy wording, please refer to the Core Strategy (2011) or Saved Policies from the Bristol local Plan (1997). 2.4 City Docks was designated as a Conservation Area on 19 September 1979. Each adopted Character Appraisal will replace the relevant Conservation Area Enhancement Statement for that area. 2.5 The City Docks Conservation Area Character Appraisal was adopted by Zoe Willcox, head of Planning Services, under delegated powers from the Strategic Director for Neighbourhoods on 28th November 2011. 1.
CITy DOCKS 3 locatIon & settIng 3.1 The City Docks Conservation Area centres on the low lying land adjacent to the floating harbour and the New Cut, between Cumberland Basin in the west and Bathurst Basin in the east. Broadly it covers the area that once formed the working heart of Bristol’s dock and commercial activities, and has evolved into a hub of prime leisure and cultural attractions. 3.2 The Conservation Area falls across three political wards - Southville, Cabot and Clifton. The boundaries of the area are broadly defined by the central portions of two of Bristol’s most vital waterways: the floating harbour and the Avon New Cut. (The floating harbour extends beyond the boundaries of the Conservation Area, from Cumberland Basin as far as The feeder, which continues to control the waterway up to Netham lock. The New Cut extends from the back of underfall as far as Totterdown lock). 3.3 The harbour and New Cut separate three long land masses, the buildings and activities of which are focused towards the water. Coronation road to Clift house road is the southern route across the area; Cumberland road follows the water north of the New Cut; and Anchor road / hotwell road runs along the north side of the floating harbour. 3.4 Concentrated in the Conservation Area is a significant cluster of Bristol’s most renown tourist destinations (including ‘m’ Shed, the ssgreat Britain and @Bristol), a Scheduled Ancient monument (underfall yard), and some nationally significant dockside installations (e.g Brunel’s Swivel Bridge). The central area known as Spike Island houses an exciting mix of creative, heritage and leisure destinations. 3.5 Below the Avon New Cut, Clift house road forms the southern boundary, taking in the Tannery and former iron works industrial complex; ‘C’ Bond Warehouse; a pump house; and riverside garden Centre. The landscaped area to the far south west, designed by the late Sylvia Crowe, provides an important setting area and green space south of the Avon. 3.6 Coronation road carries the southern Conservation Area boundary eastwards from Clift house road. This takes in the riverside cycle way; the nature corridor on the water’s southern edge; the three hugely significant footbridges over the water; and the Pennant retaining walls of the Cut. Some of the most significant views into the City Docks can be enjoyed from this southern perspective. map 1: City Docks Conservation Area & local context 2.
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